Obtuse synonyms and antonyms

ŏb-to͝os', -tyo͝os', əb-

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dull
Cloudy or overcast:
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ignorant
(Slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
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crass
Dense
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greater than 90⅓⅓⅓⅓⅓°
Not sharp
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insensible
Not recognizing or realizing; unaware; indifferent
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round
Round means a circular shape.
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blunt
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
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dense
Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
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insensitive
Not having normal physical feeling
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opaque
Not reflecting light; having no luster:
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stupid
(Slang) Amazing.
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clever (antonym)
Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
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shrewd (antonym)
Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
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sharp (antonym)
Sudden and shrill:
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pointed (antonym)
Sharp; incisive; to the point, as an epigram
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bright (antonym)
The definition of bright is shining and full of light, mentally quick or witty.
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smart (antonym)
(Archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
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intelligent (antonym)
Showing sound judgment and rationality:
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quick (antonym)
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
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doltish
Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
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dumb
Unwilling to talk; silent
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hebetudinous
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
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thickheaded
(Informal) stupid, obtuse or dumb.
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thick-witted
Alternative form of thickwitted.
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thick
The definition of thick is great depth or dense.
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dimwitted
Alternative spelling of dim-witted.
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dopey
Mentally slow or confused; lethargic or stupid
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ability (related)
Lacking in intelligence
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dim
Dull or slow-witted:
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slow
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
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purblind
Slow in understanding or discernment; dull:
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acute (antonym)
Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
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condescending (related)
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unimaginative (related)
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pretentious (related)
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myopic (related)
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trite (related)
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cliched (related)
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stolid
The definition of stolid is a person who is unexcitable and not prone to showing lots of emotion or sensitivity.
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astute (antonym)
Having or showing a clever or shrewd mind; cunning; crafty; wily
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blockheaded
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
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Obtuse Sentence Examples

  • People will start to question our grasp of reality, or think we are being deliberately obtuse.

  • One wonders why some previous critics and readers were so obtuse!

  • Only the hopelessly naïve or willfully obtuse can believe that these were the real motives for the war.

  • Now the position of this line, as found by Kobold, actually is a (properly weighted) mean between the corresponding lines of symmetry of the two drifts, but naturally it lies in the acute angle between them, whereas the line of the solar motion is also a weighted mean between the two lines of drift, but lies in the obtuse angle between them.

  • They provide a very powerful, but also rather obtuse, set of tools for finding particular words or combinations of characters in strings.

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